Data: U.S.-Asia-China CO2 Historial Emissions

Asia Society is turning 60 years old this year and one way of commemorating the anniversary is marking a historic milestone in Asia’s rise and, along with it, a major contribution to the world’s explosive growth of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

If Asia were a country, it would have become the biggest emitter of CO2 in historical terms, just surpassing the United States around this year. Below is a chart with the orange area representing Asia, and the Leogryph icon is borrowed from Asia Society’s logo: